February 22, 2024
Grubhub Adds Convenience Items From CVS Pharmacy to Its Marketplace
Grubhub added CVS Pharmacy to its marketplace. With this addition, the online mobile food ordering and delivery platform now offers thousands of convenience items from more than 6,000 CVS locations across...
February 22, 2024
Delivery Hero Suspends Plans to Sell Foodpanda Business
Delivery Hero has ended discussions to sell its foodpanda business in Southeast Asia. The Berlin-based food delivery platform announced Wednesday (Feb. 21) that it had terminated negotiation for the deal, which would have...
February 21, 2024
Marc Lore’s Wonder Opens in Walmart as Supermarkets Seize Restaurant...
Wonder is opening a store-in-store within a Walmart, a move that comes as grocery retailers increasingly seek out opportunities to capture more of consumers’ mealtime spending. The omnichannel food hall...
February 16, 2024
Can Data Regulation Reshape the Short-Term Rental Market?
We describe whether and how short-term rental (“STR”) platforms share data with local governments, as municipalities attempt to regulate STR markets in the US and Europe. The raw data patterns...
January 31, 2024
Brinker Turns Focus From Digital to Physical to Boost Profits
As casual dining brands look to balance the needs of meeting omnichannel demand and protecting their margins, Chili’s owner Brinker International is turning its focus away from its virtual brands....
January 30, 2024
Starbucks Uses AI-Powered Personalized Rewards to Boost Frequency and Spend
Starbucks is seeing its artificial intelligence data efforts boost its rewards program effectiveness, incentivizing consumers to spend more and visit more often. On a conference call Tuesday (Jan. 30) accompanying...
January 30, 2024
Delivery Hero Sells $97 Million Stake in Deliveroo
Delivery Hero has sold its 4.5% stake in British food ordering platform Deliveroo. The Berlin-based company announced the $97 million sale of its 68 million shares in a news release Monday (Jan....
January 25, 2024
Lightspeed Commerce Expands POS and Payment Platform for Retail, Hospitality
Lightspeed Commerce has unveiled a range of new features and updates aimed at simplifying and expanding operations for businesses in the retail and hospitality industries. These new solutions join the company’s...
January 19, 2024
7-Eleven Takes on Restaurant Aggregators With Food Delivery App
As convenience stores look to gain share of consumers’ meal spending from restaurants, 7-Eleven is building its in-house delivery app into a billion-dollar business. On a call with analysts discussing...